millie58

Depends. If the claim was unfounded, kinship could happen. Depends on the claim and the outcome.

Proceed slowly but don’t assume his mom is controlling. Social media posts can be misleading. Good luck.

BTDT.. I adopted 2 sets of bio brothers. Both sets have bio subs that were adopted by other families. Older kiddos sibs moved. We did visits but it was hard. Sibs of younger kiddos were able to visit but one sib had a hard time after visits so they were stopped. Honestly, make the effort. As far as the address: with the internet and apps, your address won’t be hard to find.

In NY, 3 kids of the same sex can share a room but there are space requirements. If you can show where you sleep, it should be fine.

Not sure what state you’re in but in NY, foster kids are on Medicaid. The cards come with them or soon after they arrive.

Honestly, there’s no way to know. Keep a close eye on them. Good luck!

I wish I could help. I fostered a teen for a year and stayed in his life for a few years after. He started out good but took off. I adopted another at 12 and he’s a father and stepfather and is good. The adopted one was abused by stepfather, went to a facility and was in 2 types of therapy, There’s no rhyme or reason as to how things will go.

I’m in NY. My caseworker went through every room. I had to get rid of stuff or find a place for it.